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The Georgia Primary Offers A Preview Of Democrats’ 2020 Fault Lines

Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. Poll of the week Whoever wins the Democratic primary for governor in Georgia will be an underdog in the general election. Georgia isn’t as red as you might think — Hillary Clinton lost there by only 5 percentage points in 2016. But it’s still a red state. Whether […]

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Republicans And Democrats Should Be Worried About 2020

Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. Poll of the week The electorate in 2020 is likely to be similar to 2016’s. This should worry people in both parties — for different reasons, of course. Our poll of the week is not technically one poll, but an in-depth study that looks at the changing demographics […]

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Democrats’ Chances Of Winning The Senate Are Looking Stronger

Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. Poll of the week For some time, the conventional wisdom (and I largely agree with it) around the upcoming midterms has been that Democrats are modest favorites to win the House, while Republicans are likely to hold the Senate. Democrats, who have 49 Senate seats at the moment, […]

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The Diversity Of Black Political Views

Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. Poll of the week We in the press often write and talk about African-Americans and their political perspectives through a single, simple frame: Blacks overwhelmingly vote for Democratic candidates. As a result, the only real question about them politically tends to be how enthusiastic they are about whichever […]

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